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Tennis Courts, circa 1908.
The first College tennis courts were established where Norman Morrison Memorial Hall now stands during 1881 and were demolished in 1911 as part of the construction process for the Hall. The Annual Report of 1881 states that double asphalted courts had been laid in front of the School. In 1885, netting was erected around the courts to dispel one of the more disagreeable aspects of the original courts – that of running down the ball. The School Council in December, 1911 agreed to build a replacement tennis court and Mrs T S Hawkes, mother of champion tennis players Tom and Jack Hawkes presented a new double court on the Noble St side of the School abutting All Saints Church. This asphalted court built by Conway and Evans was presented to the School by Mrs Hawkes on 3 September, 1912. The court was on the site of the original stable for the School. A second court was donated by Eric and James Russell in 1920 and a third was built in 1925.
The construction of buildings on the Noble St side of the School necessitated that the tennis courts be once more re-located to Talbot St although the construction of the synthetic surface of Rankin Field also enabled its usage as tennis courts in summer.
Tennis Courts, circa 1926.